Just asking ...
If Rick Scott had admitted to wrong-doing instead of side-stepping the charges he would have been a dead duck.
I predict that Blago will survive the second time around if he continues to stonewall and admit to nothing. So will Rangel and Waters.
The American electorate does not have the stomach for confessions. They love politicians with balls. It's only the media that cares about personal sins. Politicians who break the law do best by clamming up and taking their lumps in the Media.
Sandford and Clinton did it the wrong way. Clinton got bad advice from his lawyer and appeared on TV to sort of admit to Lewinsky. Bad move!
They should all learn from Tiger. He appeared in public dressed in sackcloth and ashes. What did it get him?
QuoteClinton got bad advice from his lawyer and appeared on TV to sort of admit to Lewinsky.
Was that
after he appeared on TV to deny it?
Quote from: BridgeTroll on August 26, 2010, 01:11:29 PM
QuoteClinton got bad advice from his lawyer and appeared on TV to sort of admit to Lewinsky.
Was that after he appeared on TV to deny it?
LOL. I knew you would single out Clinton, the Republican's antichrist. Just his appearance on TV to confront the charges that were nobody's business was a tacit admission IMO. Even the denial was transparent. He should have let the chips fall where they might.
As a result I believe that history will see him only as a good president but not a great president.
No/Yes
What ever happened to good old-fashioned seppuku?
If I was married to Hillary.... n/m
In order to debate the issue of morality in politics, (which no honest, intelligent person would do {clearly I will}) one would first need to define what morality is.
1) What is morality?
2) Where does it come from?
3) Is there a God?
Let's skip all that.
We'll decide to agree (By bucketorial decree) that morality is what a consensus of americans (in this case the relevant group of humans) says it is.
Therefore, we can extrapolate that all politicians are moral since they are voted into office. A consensus of voters can't be wrong.
What a perfect example of solipsism! ;D
Quote from: billy on August 26, 2010, 01:58:52 PM
What ever happened to good old-fashioned seppuku?
Seppuku is alive and well (forgive the pun) only it is called political suicide. ;D
Quote from: Cricket on August 26, 2010, 01:09:18 PM...............They should all learn from Tiger. He appeared in public dressed in sackcloth and ashes. What did it get him?......
Divorced.